Habanero

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INTRODUCTION

Habanero

by Laura Chau

Habanero, my 7th(!) pattern for Knitty, lays on the heat in a chunky, squishy wool from Lorna's Laces.

My very first design for Knitty, Serrano, was a top down, fitted, laceweight cardigan. Habanero shares a few traits with Serrano: seamless construction, lace, and fiery red color. Worked from the top down, Habanero starts out simply with raglan shaping and a deep V-neck. Things get interesting with fitted waist shaping that flares out over the hips, incorporating dart increases and an easy to knit (but high impact!) triangular lace panel at each side.

Long sleeves are worked in the round down to the cuff, with a pretty touch of the body lace repeated at the wrist. The garter stitch buttonband is picked up and worked flat at the end, and is perfect for your stash of chunky buttons.

GAUGE

PATTERN NOTES

[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here.]

Body is worked flat from the top down. Deep V-neck shaping extends below the armhole split. Decreases to the waist are worked at the sides of the body, while increases for the hips are placed at the center front and back dart lines. Side lace panels begin at the waist and continue to hem. Sleeves are worked in the round from the top down.

Hip Shaping and Lace InsertNote: Hip Shaping and Lace Insert are worked at the same time. Read ahead.Hip Inc Row [RS]: Work to right front shaping m, sl m, m1L. Work to back shaping m, m1R, sl m, work to next back shaping m, sl m, m1L. Work to left front shaping marker, m1R, sl m, work to end. 4 sts inc'd.
Rep Hip Inc Row every 6th row 12 times total.

AT THE SAME TIME, work Lace Insert from chart or written instructions (note that the chart shows RS rows ONLY; all WS rows are purled)

Next Row [RS]: *Work to lace insert marker, sl m, work 7 sts of Row 1 of Lace Insert, sl m; rep from * once more, work to end.

Continue working in pattern as set (including hip increases) through Row 12.Row 13 [RS]: *Work to 5 sts before lace insert marker, pm, work 17 sts from Lace Insert removing previous lace markers, pm; rep from * once more, work to end.
Continue in this manner, moving the lace insert markers 5 stitches outward every 12 rows as shown on the chart, through Row 71 of chart.

When all hip shaping is complete, there will be 146[158, 166, 178, 186, 198, 214, 226] sts.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Laura Chau has been designing knitwear for over 10 years after getting her start in Knitty. Her work has appeared in numerous publications (including several for Knitty) in addition to self-publishing on Ravelry, and she is the author of Teach Yourself Visually Sock Knitting.

When not knitting, she can be found cooking, reading, gardening, and trying to sew. She lives in Toronto. Find her at Ravelry, on Twitter, Instagram, or her website.